Vilnius City Municipality · Lithuania
Where to stay in Vilnius
Vilnius is a city in Vilnius City Municipality, Lithuania, home to about 581,000 people. This guide covers 1 hotel in Vilnius, with about 200 rooms between them.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 1
- Best months
- May, June and August
- Nearest airport
- VNO6 km · Vilnius International Airport
- Currency
- EUReuro
- Time zone
- Europe/Vilnius
- Language
- Lithuanian
About
About Vilnius
Vilnius is the capital and largest city of Lithuania and the most-populous city in the Baltic states. The city's estimated July 2026 population was 619,405, and the Vilnius urban area has an estimated population of 767,907.
Vilnius has been central to the country's life for as long as there has been Lithuania, but that has often been a tragic tale. Its Neolithic people traded in Baltic amber. In the early Middle Ages five petty kingdoms combined into two then one, when Mindaugas in 1253 became Lithuania's first king and noble Christian convert. The country splintered after his assassination but was re-united under Gediminas, who established Vilnius castle — in legend on the site where a wolf in a dream told him to build.
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Things to do
What to see and do in Vilnius
See
Vilnius Pass is a tourist discount card which in 2023 costs €37 for 24 hours, €47 for 48 hours and €56 for 72 hours. This excludes public transport and is frankly poor value; you'll struggle to break even.
- Gediminas Castle
- Old Arsenal
- Museum of Applied Arts & Design
- New Arsenal
- Vilnius Cathedral
- Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania
- Presidential Palace
- Toy Museum
- Vilnius University
- House of the Signatories
- Literatu gatve
- Church Heritage Museum
Do
- Lithuanian Opera and Ballet Theatre
- Oskaras Koršunovas Theatre (OKT)
- Old Theatre of Vilnius
- LFF Stadium
- Avia Solutions Group Arena
- Lindyhop Klubas
- Kartlandas Elektrokart
- Plytinės
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Where to stay
Places to stay in Vilnius
1 place to stay from the chains this guide covers, each linked to its own website.
| Place to stay | Rooms |
|---|---|
| Comfort Hotel™ LT hotel | 200 |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
When to go
The best time to visit Vilnius
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Vilnius are May, June and August. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 24 °C; July is the wettest, with about 83 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Vilnius: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Vilnius International Airport (VNO), about 5.9 km from the city centre in a straight line; Kaunas International Airport (KUN, 83 km) is also within reach.
Getting in
Buses leave from outside Arrivals every 15-30 min and take 15 min to go downtown. Simplest is to buy a €1 single ticket by card, and you might pay extra for bulky luggage. "Get around" below describes other ticket deals, such as the smart card Vilniečio kortelė — buy it from the Narvesen kiosk next to Arrivals.
Getting around
Walking is your only choice in Old Town. The old streets are pedestrianised, and even taxis avoid it. JUDU is the portal for city buses and trolleybuses, with timetables, route maps and travel planners in English. There are no trams or metro / suburban railways, but see above for the airport train. For an overview of the routes, see the Vilnius City Public Transport Map. There are some 90 standard bus routes (marked in blue; numbers mostly between 1 and 100), six express buses (in green; from 1G to 6G) and 14 trolleybuses (in red; between 1 and 20).
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VNO · Vilnius International Airport
KUN · Kaunas International Airport
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Vilnius
Stay safe
If you are a person of colour, you may get weird looks or otherwise be looked down upon from the locals.
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Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Vilnius
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Questions
Vilnius: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Vilnius?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Vilnius are May, June and August. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 24 °C; July is the wettest, with about 83 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Vilnius?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Vilnius International Airport (VNO), about 5.9 km from the city centre in a straight line; Kaunas International Airport (KUN, 83 km) is also within reach.
Are there accessible hotels in Vilnius?
1 place in this guide list accessible rooms.
What currency is used in Vilnius?
euro (EUR).
Nearby
Destinations near Vilnius
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.